Army Agile Innovation and Demonstration
Abstract
This Program Element (PE) funds the Army's goal of accelerating innovative solutions to achieve future force modernization. The Army is developing new ways of doing business to include strategic and "non-traditional" partnerships and working with traditional vendors in novel ways to allow for agile integration of leading-edge technology. Critical technologies that allow for technological superiority are increasingly dual-use or developed in academia-led partnerships that leverage cutting edge innovation. In an era of global competition, technological superiority requires agile and rapid innovation. Cross-cutting modernization initiatives leverage strategic partnerships foster an environment to bring knowledge and expertise to demonstrate breakthrough and innovative technologies that will benefit the warfighter. These collaborations bring new ways of doing business to demonstrate emerging technologies and systems with high payoff potential to address current technology shortfalls or future capability gaps and systems. This PE will also allow for exploration and adaptation of various technologies in the early stages of development enabling cost saving decisions in the procurement life-cycle by using the try, buy, decide model of identifying and investing in proof of technology demonstrations that the army can adapt and integrate. Leveraging other innovative mechanisms, to include accelerators, incubators, and other technology accelerants, to enhance innovation is part of the overall innovation strategy. Innovation includes not only hardware, and physical products but also software, software development, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, all as stand-alone initiatives and as part of broader innovation to programs and technology development. Oversight from a newly created Innovation Board will evaluate internal and external constraints to implementation on the basis of Army modernization needs, Army standards and resources to inform an optimal technology investment strategy. Research in this PE is closely coordinated with PE 0602002A (Army Agile Innovation and Development-Applied Research). The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Research is performed by the United States Army Futures Command.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 0603025A_3_2040_PB_2023
- Change Summary Explanation
- Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) funding increase reflects the fact that the FY22 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
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